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I had a few extra minutes on my break yesterday after I finished eating lunch. I decided to read a blog, something I do not usually do. No real reason why, some are very interesting, and should be fun to read. Maybe when I have more free time I will do more blog reading myself.

As things go, in this particular blog there was a request for information, and I had some of what the blog owner wanted. I gave what I had that was pertinent to their request, and still had a  few free minutes. I noticed there was a story section on the list of things to do while visiting this blog. I clicked on the story link, looked at the choices and picked one of them. Some things we read can bring up some pretty powerful emotions, and this story hit me hard. I did not get to finish it all, maybe later.

I do know I could have written a similar story myself. My comment is not meant as something negative, or the idea that the story is a run of the mill read. It is just that after the first few sentences I knew exactly what the author was feeling when they wrote the story. I knew what would come next, not the exact wording but the general flow. There was a twist that surprised me as I read, and I am happy for that. But the story sure rocked me to my toes.

All of us are here for a special purpose, even though we may not know what that is, or what we are to do. Some people spend their whole life, and never even think they have a purpose here. Others are only too aware of why they are here and what they have to do. For some of those folks, it is a very hard road they travel at times. It seems to me, the story author and myself are traveling different roads with the same purpose. There are differences in our approach because we are individuals after all, but the journey is the same.

One thing interesting about going on a journey, or relating a journey to someone else. I can tell you where I have been, and I can take you there, but I can’t take you where I am going. This is a difficulty the author of the story and myself share perhaps. You can not take people where you are going, and I can not take you where I am going. We each must travel on our own because our path is where we need to go. We can only show another person our path, but a journey can only be taken by the one to whom the path belongs.

When an animal has spent most of its life in captivity, they forget that the world beyond the edge of their view is real, and there is more out there than the little they see from their cage area. But people, just like animals, will seldom venture beyond their cage even if the door is left open. The cage represents safety and security because it is familiar. It may not be the best, it may be a hardship, but it is known and that makes it safe.

I imagine, you are wondering why I did not identify the blog or the story? It is not for any other reason than when you are where you are supposed to be, will find your own story. If you are not on the same path, and you read a different story, it will mean nothing to you. You may even think it was a bad story having nothing to do with your world. You do have a purpose here. You may not know or remember what it is. You may have already accomplished it, only you know - and then only sometime.

Today, as I swirl about in the clouds of my memories this story brought up, take a few minutes of quiet time, and try to remember what your purpose of being here is. It may make your life more fulfilling.

Comments (0) Nov 21 2007